South East Training - Enhancing Performance Through Employee Development

Note Taking in Meetings

1/2 Day

This half-day workshop aims to provide participants with a format and technique for taking notes during meetings that will enable them to produce records that both aid subsequent decision making and, in the event of questions being raised, such as an objection or appeal, would provide a reliable and complete record of the meeting.

The workshop is ideal for groups of up to 12. It includes both group and individual exercises, one of which involves participants taking notes of a videoed disciplinary meeting. Participants are invited to compare their notes against the meeting transcript to check that they have recorded the salient points.

Workshop Objectives:

On completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

Explain the principles of good business writing

Recognise and write sentences in the active voice

Convert direct speech into reported speech correctly

Take notes of a meeting that conform to the required format and are accurate, clear and reliable as a record of the essential information conveyed at the meeting.